Launderable hat.



NELL F. WINGET, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

LAUNDERABLE HAT.

Specieaticn of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918..

Application flied July 25, 1914. Serial No. 852,974.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, NELL F. WINGET, citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLaunderable Hats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and eXact description of the invention,such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a launderable hat; and, tosuch ends, the invention consists of the novel construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings Figure l is a perspective view, showing thehat with its rim turned down;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing the hat with its rim turned up;and f Fig. 3 is a plan view, showing the hat laid out flat and incondition to be ironed.

The crown of the hat is made up of a plurality of segments 1, all of theseams eX- cept one thereof being preferably sewed t0- gether; but thisone seam being made separable from the lower edge to the apex of thecrown, by means of separable fasteners, such as buttons 2 andbutton-holes 3.

'Ihe rim 4 is sewed to the bottom of the crown, and isy adapted to beturned downward or upward at will. The said rim, in line with theseparable seam or joint of the f hat crown, has slightly separated edgesformed with button-holes 5. In lieu of buttons and button-holes, otherforms of fasteners, such, for example, as the type known as glovefasteners, might be employed.

When the coperating fasteners are separated, the hat is adapted to belaid out in Copies of this patent may be obtained for approximately fiatcondition, and this adapts the hat to be easily washed and instances,the crown and rim might be divided on both sides, so as to adapt the twosections of the hat to be entirely separated for laundering purposes;but the construction illustrated is preferred.

What I claim is 1. A pliable launderable hat having permanently unitedcrown and rim portions, said crown portion being made up of a pluralityof connected segmental pieces, the joint between two of said segmentalpieces having separable fasteners, and the said crown being divided onthe line of the joint between the separable segments.

2. A pliable launderable hat having permanently united crown and rimportions divided on a line that radiates from the central portion ofsaid crown, coperating buttons and button holes on vthe divided edges ofsaid crown, the said rim,`at the edges of its divided end, having buttonholes adapted to be applied over one of said buttons on said crown whenthe rim is turned upward.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NELL F. WINGET.

Witnesses:

HARRY D. KiLGoRE, F. D. MERCHANT.

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Washington, D. C.

